Gingernutbizkit's quest to find a menu plan that eases her conscience!!

greenbee

gingernutbizkit wrote: »

No explanation other than we were forgotten last week... and this week :mad:. There's no other local box schemes, only the big companies (A&B, rivernene etc). In a dilemma now.... I pass a village greengrocers everyday when taking/collecting kids from school. It's not organic or local produce BUT it did close down a year ago and the guy who ran the butchers next door bought it to keep a greengrocers in the village. It's his shop that i have started buying some of my meat from. I do believe in supporting local businesses and surely it's better than the supermarket.... but am I compromising again for the sake of convenience???

Confused, Ging x

Talk to him and find out whether he would consider stocking stuff that you find more ethically acceptable. And you could try the big box schemes and see whether they work for you. If some of their stuff is locally sourced then they may be the least worst choice IYSWIM

gingernutbizkit

Thanks Greenbee. This week isn't too much of a problem though. I have loads of meat still from the farm shop and am going to be near Sainsbury's tomorrow so can pop in for some f+v.
Need to menu plan before so I don't buy stuff we don't need....
Ging x

liz545

gingernutbizkit wrote: »

I'm taking the kids to London tomorrow for a day trip so decided to buy some food and drink for the journey and for lunch as we are eating out in the evening and i don't want to have to fork out for two lots of food at capital prices!

Came to this a bit late, but next time you're in London, a good place to get a bite to eat is the Food for Thought cafe in Covent Garden - everything's veggie, it's really inexpensive (for London!) and it's quite fun and different - big cushions on the floor, like being back in the 70s!

gingernutbizkit

liz545 wrote: »

Came to this a bit late, but next time you're in London, a good place to get a bite to eat is the Food for Thought cafe in Covent Garden - everything's veggie, it's really inexpensive (for London!) and it's quite fun and different - big cushions on the floor, like being back in the 70s!

That sounds like great fun, thanks Liz x

floss2

gingernutbizkit wrote: »

No explanation other than we were forgotten last week... and this week :mad:. There's no other local box schemes, only the big companies (A&B, rivernene etc).

Whereabouts are you? I thought we were too far from any box schemes, but a not-so-local one has just increased its delivery range to cover my town, so may be worth a regular check of the sites?